The effect of Hometown Chacha on me-Blah!

Do you ever get that feeling after you watch a kdrama?

I feel BLAH right now. Yesterday we binge-watched Hometown Chacha. Though you can never compare it with CLOY or Squid Game, I like this one because it is so light. Your mind does not need to analyze on things. You just watch and smile and laugh. 

But as I said I feel blah right now. The reason I don't binge-watch any netflix series is that I feel that way afterwards. I feel like not doing anything. I feel lethargic. I did not cook dinner last night, we just ordered pizza. That's how terrible the effect of kdrama binge-watching on me.

I always just watch 1 or 2 episodes per weekend. But yesterday was different. Thought it was fun seating in front of the tv all day until 10:30 pm watching netflix. But no. That's not for me. Others may like it but me, nah.. even if I like the story so much.

I'll just go back to my regular schedule of 1-2 episodes per weekend. 

Hello Monday!

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After 3 years.... blogging again in times of pandemic

2018 was my last post and for three years I have not updated this blog.  What happened during the three years of hiatus? Not much (with a sarcastic laugh)... 

Let me start with 2018...

It was this year that I had enough. A lot on my hands but "not enough hands".  My plate was so full, that it took a toll on my mental health. I was earning well, I can not complain on the compensation benefits that I was receiving. The company's pay was so good. It was the dream of everyone in my field. 

The work load was too much that little by little my mental health was deteriorating. I was not happy. I was smiling and laughing but deep inside, my heart was crying. I always wanted to be with my family, I always wanted to got out, eat out, spend here and there. I get irritated easily and I was resorting to "spending therapy" coz I thought that it would help me de-stress. 

And 2019 came...

I made the biggest decision of my life, and that is deciding to leave an office set up job and explore the opportunities of working from home. I've finally come into terms that the reason for my unhappiness was the current job I had back then.

I've been wanting to do this but as I said, the pay was so good that I'd always had second thoughts on leaving. I was always on a look out for other ways to earn income apart from slaving myself from 8-5, sometimes even beyond 5 pm when it is the "dreaded" audit season. It was this year when I finally had the courage to leave that stressful corporate life of  20 years and the comfort of receiving a monthly regular income. 

I've studied Quickbooks Online and got a local online client for a simple bookkeeping task. It was easy, not challenging though, but this is what I wanted. I wanted to build my clients one by one. Even if it's just simple bookkeeping.

And then suddenly in 2020, all hell broke loose because of the pandemic. It was like a domino effect. Lots of business closed down, even those shops which I never thought would because I knew how stable they already were, did close down. And my lone client's business stopped operations because of the lock-down and I got no more client. 

I just thank God, that even if we don't have millions of savings, we at least had enough savings that could sustain us during those lockdown months. And probably because I had always instilled in our family the style of simple living. Even if we were earning much in previous years, we remained simple and not picky with what we eat that's why we were able to survive the quarantine months.

As much as I would want to hate 2020, I can't. 2020 was the year of equalizer and realizations. It's as if, we were on a world war and all human beings on earth had to reboot their lives and start again. Rich, poor, educated or not, we had to go through what everyone on earth had to go through. There were no exceptions. Almost everyone was on equal footing.

The only people who were able to bounce back swiftly from this chaos were the ones who were able to financially prepare long before this could happen. But then again, who would have thought that I, my generation, our generation and the generation after me would experience such tragedy? Nobody could guess, right? Not in this lifetime.

So this 2021 here are my take on what happened for the past 3 years:

1. Be prepared. We never know if something will come and hit us hard. Emotionally, physically, psychologically and I guess this pandemic, financially. I think a lot of people realized the importance of emergency funds during this pandemic.

2. Be not afraid to try something new. Go out of your comfort zone. If we don't try we will never know what we are capable of doing. The pandemic has made a lot of people unemployed, but it also brought out a lot of talents and skills from these people which they never knew they had. They never thought that they knew how to bake, cook nor take care of plants. They made these into businesses and realized that now, they can earn more than what they earn when they were just employees. If the pandemic did not happen, some people will not be able to realize that. 

3. Acknowledge that you are unhappy. Once you do, find the reason for that unhappiness and assess what actions to take to bring back your happiness. For me it was leaving my comfort zone of an 8-5 job, getting paid regularly every 15th and 30th. It was a very stable job, but it was making me a monster. So I had to leave and bring back the old me and be happy again.

4. Self-loved. For you to be able to give 100% of affection, attention, effort on people or jobs or whatever it is you want to pursue, learn to love yourself first. Self-loved means for me, letting go of something that does not serve its purpose anymore. Learning to say no and mean it.  Prioritizing your well-being first before others (this is not selfishness, this is self-loved). If you love yourself, happiness comes easily without struggle and doubts. You are more open to accept the love that others want to give you and you can easily return that love.

And lastly...

5. Pray. You can never go wrong with prayers. How do I pray? I never asked for material stuffs. I always pray for guidance, acceptance, discernment and protection. Guidance to help me decide, acceptance is for me to learn to accept things I can not change. Discernment to help me know if this is what God wants for me or is this what I want. And protection to guard me from all evils specially temptation. The pandemic has toyed our minds with a lot of negative things. But if we pray, instead of focusing on the bad things that this crisis has brought about so far, we will realize the reason behind everything that has happened and finally see the positive side that it can offer.

And that's what happened to me for the last 3 years. Not much, huh? I am ready for 2021 because I've always believed that God is with me, guiding me along the way and showing me what He really wants me to do and pursue.

With that, I welcome myself back to blogging again...

2018 Revised Tax Table based on TRAIN

A good beginning for 2018 that will have more benefit on all employees earning P20,000 and less is the revised withholding tax table based on the TRAIN which Digong signed before 2017 ended. I said "more" because they will not have anymore taxes, but still it benefits ALL employees. Tax rates and prescribed minimum withholding tax were lowered while the compensation level were increased.

As I was recomputing our employees' 2018 annual compensation withholding taxes, I see a significant increase in their salaries. The range was like P3000-P8000 increase in their take home pay. For some it could cover already their electricity bill, water bill and even groceries.

I want to thank whoever authored this bill, but sad to say there is a consequence on this reform. We may have increased net pay but the government will just have to divert taxes from compensation to consumer taxes like excise taxes. This would mean higher costs of items in the groceries, higher gas price which could lead to an increase in transportation fare.

But hey, I am still thankful for the increased net pay. I will just have to find a way to lessen our overhead expenses at home so that I could fully enjoy the benefits of TRAIN. For your reference please be guided by the 2018 revised tax table below:

Lazada helped me cope with my Christmas Gifts shopping

Hi Guys! It' 2018 and a new year once again. I feel happy ever since I came back from our trip to Japan. Happiness has never left me since then. I've learned to let go of things I can't control, people  I can't please, situations I can't change. I have learned to accept my emotions and cope up with it. Anyway, lumalayo na tayo sa totoong kwento ko.

Alam nio ba, I wasn't stressed out at all nitong nakaraang Christmas. Why? Because I limit myself in going to the mall. I spared myself from falling in long lines just to pay for my purchases. How? I shopped most of my gifts through Lazada.

I shopped on December 12, 2017, during the last day of their 12.12 sale and got the following items:

P199

P135

P170

P350

I know, puros pang kotse, kasi naman boys with car and recipient ng mga gifts na yan. Decent enough for the prices I paid but very usable naman. Not the type na pag natanggap mo e you would just put it aside and forget about it na. Magagamit at magagamit lalo na for travel. At yung cologne, mabango naman, di naman nakakahilo ang amoy. O diba, nag mall man ako, but saglit na saglit lang. Tipong opening hours, wala pa tao at sa mall pa na konti lang ang tao. Less stress for me. Hahaha.

Something to Reflect On - For Corporate "Slaves"

I came across this article  contributed/written by Charlene J. Owen, published on Sept. 15, 2017 in Female Network site under Work/Money. Credits go to Ms. Owen and I am only re-posting this in my blog so that whenever I feel stressed at work, reading this will just reassure me that how fast or slow I go up the corporate ladder (or just stagnant) does not define success in my life. 

For you people who have become slaves of their career just so they could get the promotion they want, take time off to read this article because this is exactly for you.

You Have Complete Control Over Your Happiness at Work 

Because sometimes, the right answer is "Kebs."

by Charlene J. Owen | Sep 15, 2017

It’s understandable to be passionate about something that you love doing, and it’s great to be driven by excellence even if you’d rather be doing something else. However, investing too much of yourself in your job can also be counter-productive; you get stressed more often and you end up thinking about work even if you’re already out of the office.

We live in a society that’s unhealthily fixated with work. “I speak daily with individuals from Silicon Valley to Scandinavia about their obsessions with work—obsessions that, by their own accounts, are making them miserable,” writes practical philosopher Andrew Taggart on the World Economic Forum. “Nevertheless, they assume that work is worth caring a lot about because of the fulfillment and rewards it supplies, so much so that it should be the center of life.”

The key to happiness is to stop making everything revolve around your 9-to-5. You have to practice just the right amount of “wa pakels” for you to balance your life:

 

Detach yourself from a single idea of success.

If success for you means getting to the top of the corporate ladder by hook or by crook, then you’ll probably end up scampering your way up, stepping on other people, and being perpetually on your toes for the off-chance of skipping a few rungs. Just imagine Miranda Priestly from Devil Wears Prada. She notes that “Everybody wants to be us.” Pause for the moment and realize what that entails: a trail of broken marriages and a generally unhappy personal life. 

 

You don't need to let go of ambition. You only need to understand that internal happiness and corporate success are two different things, and that one can be achieved without the other. You don’t need to be the boss to be happy, and really, you’ll only be an effective leader if you’re not grasping desperately on to power. Once you cut yourself some slack and realize this, you’ll find that there are more important things in life than what’s on your resume.

Do things without thought of how they will benefit you.

Take a chill pill—not everything you need to do should be about how to get that next promotion. Even when you’re at work, allow yourself to deviate from your tight schedule. Take a walk, escape for a quick massage, have drinks with folks from another department, or even volunteer as a performer for your company anniversary program.

 

The point is, you’re not a robot. You need space to breathe (and basically, have a life) even within office walls. Find relaxing moments that don’t require you to have a solid goal and simply enjoy them. “By these means, we can plunge into life, engaging our senses while suspending our buzzing, noisy workday concerns,” says Andrew.

 

Reflect on who you are.

Yes, it sounds cheesy, but it does make sense to ask “Is this really who I am” during times when you’re too focused on thoughts of success that other life priorities seem to fade in the background. Girl, you’re not your job title. When you die, they won’t put ‘Senior Vice President’ on your tombstone. While ambition is great, temper it with heart. You’ll be happier once you remember to consider that there’s more to life than your career.

I Fell In Love With Japan and the Japanese People

If I have a choice I will leave my current  job and be a travel blogger. I love traveling be it outside the country or just in the Philippines.

Right now I have crossed off Japan from my bucket list. But because I fell in love with this country, I no, we, want to go back and explore more of its culture. We want to go to Hokkaido and experience more of Japan's natural beauty.

Japanese people are like Filipinos. Accommodating, happy, polite and courteous that's what they are. Aside from the fact that they are very hard-working and disciplined, you won't see garbage/trash on the side streets nor in their busy shopping districts. If there are any trash you will see the crew putting it in their large trash bins.

They are also helpful, a couple of times that we looked like we were lost inside the subway, twice also that we were approached by a japanese asking if we need help with the train line. They are so KIND. And I thought we Filipinos are the only hospitable asians in our continent.

Now I'm back in Manila but my heart was left in Japan.

Here is a sneak peek of why I fell in love with Japan.

TENNOJI PARK, OSAKA

MUSEUM INSIDE THE TENNOJI PARK

DOTONBORI, OSAKA

DOTONBORI, OSAKA

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, OSAKA

ODAIBA, TOKYO

SHIBUYA CROSSING, TOKYO

INSIDE CINDERELLA'S CASTLE, TOKYO DISNEYLAND

TOKYO DISNEYLAND

OSAKA BAY, OSAKA

It's FINAL, we are going to Osaka, Japan

Hi Guys!

Remember my last post about my excitement because we will be off somewhere come October?

Of course don't want to divulge at once as this will require a visa and what if we don't get approved? With luck, prayers and of course valid and genuine documents, we finally got our visa. 

We applied for a visa in Friendship Tours and Travels last October 14, Saturday. We got a text from them that our passports are ready for pick up on Tuesday afternoon. I picked those up during my lunch break the next day. And yes its true if your passports have white stickers of the travel agency posted at the back of your passports, it is an indication that your visa got approved. Anyway, I guess I will post another entry on the procedures that we took in applying for a visa and what websites and forum have I read first before applying for one.

Can't wait for next week. I will try as much as possible to post entry while we are there. Try lang naman.

Reviewing the Plans I made during the 1st quarter of 2017

Oh hello once again! It's the start of the 3rd quarter of the year. How time flies so fast talaga no? Two more weeks and its August, it will be a month before the ber-months starts. I remember back in the 1st quarter of this year, I blogged about my plans for the rest of the year. I did that because I was so unmotivated to move. Plus the stress of having to deal with audit season is eating me up. Now, we are into the second half of the year.  I want to assess where I am  now in the plans I've made during the first half which you can read HERE.

April - Yes done with the audit season with a slight smile on my face. Slight lang? Yes because after filing the reports and everything, si auditor madami pa ring tanong. He was just actually finishing up his documentation, pero kahit na. Nakakapagod sumagot sa tanong niya ah.

May - We have not been to Laiya for a 2-day vacation I was hoping. But at least we were able to have a staycation at Vivere Hotel from April 29-30. Relaxing pa rin naman. And yes, we were able to renew our passports, Yey!

During this month also, I enrolled in a gym. I decided to get fit aside from losing weight. What got me into enrolling was that I got so stressed out during the audit season, remember? Ginto ang bayad kaya I am motivated to  visit the gym at least 3x a week. From 138 lbs, my weight now is 131.5 lbs after 3 months of going to the gym. More that 10 lbs to go as my BMI says that I should at least weigh 118 lbs. for my height. Kinda slow, but it's the right way of losing weight. Hindi yung yoyo diet. Papayat, tataba, papayat, tataba uli.

June -We have not gotten a US visa yet. Have not even "explored" yet. But during this month, we made a life-changing decision. I can not say it yet but I hope we will be able to sustain it.

And now it's July. I am "exploring" but no concrete "exploration" yet. Hope I find the right one.

Let us see what will happen for the rest of the months of 2017. I am just excited for our October trip. 3.5 months more to go and hello _ _ A_ _, _ _ _ A _!.

Ayan ang clue, fill in the blanks na lang.

Note to Self #1

Acceptance and tolerance of things that don't really matter is the key of a lasting relationship.

User Friendly "Friends"

Always, in our lifetime, we shall encounter user friendly people who speaks to us only when they need something from us. Akala mo kung sinong ka close mo, pero may hinihingi naman palang pabor.

It's okay that you ask favor, but yung biglang feeling close sayo when in fact dinadaan daanan ka lang dati, nakaka yamot yun.

Then after mong pagbigyan yung favor, biglang dadaan daanan ka na lang uli. Hahahahaha. 

Kung pabor lang naman e di ganito sana approach mo. " Hi! Pahingi naman ng favor please, ok lang ba na blah, blah, blah, blah.... etc...."

Ang manipulative lang kasi ng dating na feeling close ka sa akin e. I can do favors for you, magpaka totoo ka lang. No need to be FC. Ayusin mo lang ang paghingi ng pabor. Ok?

Eto Talaga ang Import ng TNT

Ang saya ko dahil nag champion uli ang Warriors. Malungkot nga lang dahil 2-0 na ang standing sa Semis ng PBA between BGSM vs TNT.

Hayop! Ang hirap talunin. Pero feeling ko, maambunan ng konting luck ang BGSM, kaya naman nila e. Anu ba naman ang lamang, 4 na puntos lang. Ibig sabihin, may ibubuga ang Kabaranggay, need lang ng konti pang suerte.

Di ka ba naman kasi matakot bumangga sa import nila, e bato yun.

Di kaya nag didisguise lang syang tao? Para kasing di tao e no? Secret daw ng TNT, huwag kayong maingay, eto daw talaga ang import nila pag naghubad na nang maskara:

Ito talaga si Smith

Hahahaha! Joke lang, ang di matawa bungi.

Congrats GSW!

Sabi ko na mananalo kayo eh!

Warriors won Game 5 with final score of 129-120 and KD named as NBA 2017 finals MVP.

Mas masarap manalo sa hometown diba?

Photo Credits to http://www.gospelherald.com

Kung sa NBA nanalo na ang GSW sana sa PBA manalo na rin ang GSM para maka advance sa finals!

Yahoo!

Summer 2017 Recap

Summer has ended and I realized wala pala kaming pinuntahang beach ng family ko. The outing I had in Antique was the Company's outing and team building. I said to myself pa naman, gusto ko mag unwind sa beach together with my hubby and son after audit season.

After audit season, waley. The only opportunity we had na mag unwind was when we had a staycation in Vivere Hotel in Alabang during the ASEAN summit week, when Malacanang declared April 28 a holiday. I will write a different post about this coz we had a very satisfied customer service from them during our stay.

But what kept my kid busy this summer? Here it is:

May 1- 5 we enrolled him at JACK (Junior Academy for Coding Knowledge) under the SCRATCH course. What is SCRATCH? From their website JACK , "Scratch is a programming platform and educational tool used by kids who are beginning to discover the exciting world of programming. This programming language introduces the fundamentals of developing various applications. The students learn the foundations by dragging blocks of code, ultimately creating their very own stories, animations, and games"

Kids from 8 years old onwards can enroll under this course. Kids were introduced to the world of coding by creating their very own game. On their last day, parents were invited to witness their kids presenting the game that they themselves programmed. Here's how Wyeth did in his presentation:

Sorry kung tabingi.

 May 16,18,23 and 25 was the annual basketball clinic conducted by my hubby's company. 

May 31 and June 1 was the GSMI leadership training for employees' kids which I think aims to discover future leaders/ managers among the kids and develop their potentials.

Diba mga momshies puro workshops and training lang ginawa ng bata. I am now contemplating kung magpa habol ako sa June 12, anyways it's a long weekend once again.

Kayo mommies, what were your kids activities during summer?

On Falling, Getting Up and Moving Forward

Good Morning! Parang may hugot ang title? Oo Mommies meron!

I was doing my treadmill last night while listening to my playlist in my iphone when I accidentally pulled my headset which made the iphone dropped on the treadmill. Me, being the amateur me, I ran after my cellphone without pressing the emergency button. E di tumalembong ang ganda ko.

Dahil maganda ako, naglapitan ang mga trainor. Joke! Lumapit sila sa akin out of concern. One asked if I was ok. I said yes, pakihanap na lang cellphone ko please. Nung nahanap sabi ko thanks, then went riding the treadmill once again as if nothing happened. I didn't feel any shame whatsoever di ko alam kung kapalmuks lang talaga ako o manhid ako.

When I was telling the story to my hubby he laughed so hard and asked where was I situated and I said in front. "E di lahat nakita ka?" Oo, so? Sasabihin ko, ako lang ba ang tumalembong sa treadmill? Pano pag sinabi nila oo? E di ako na! Ako na ang magandang kauna-unahang tumalembong sa treadmill. Lolz. Sabi ni hubby, di ba may CCTV camera dun? Siguro paulit ulit ka nilang pinanunood. Walang hiya gusto talaga akong mapahiya.

Thinking about it, nakakahiya nga ano? But then, these people may laugh, but  they will also forget about it later. Maalala pa ba nila ako? But I stood my ground. Hindi ako nagpatinag sa hiya because my session is not yet over. I had to finish my remaining 15 minutes running time.

Dapat ganun tayo in real life diba? Problems like money, family, love life, friends, work may bring us down, but these should not keep us from rising up again. When we fail, let us not be afraid to try once more. Again and again and again until we finally achieved what we were striving for.

I am a CPA. I did not take the board exams once. It was more than twice. I had to take a refreshers' course to be able to take the board  again. I took the board after the refreshers' course and I was conditional. I had to retake two subjects just for me to get my license na. Imagine how many times I cried whenever I don't see my name on the list of passers. Imagine how many nights I had to stay late just to practice solving problems. Imagine how many cups of coffee I had to drink just to stay awake while reading my materials. I did not let these failures hinder my dream of becoming a certified public accountant. I had other classmates who took the board, failed then lost interest in trying again. I didn't.  I cried hard, but then after, my motivation to pass only intensified. And then the right time came as what the Lord promised. I finally passed the exams 12 years ago.

During job interviews, I am not ashamed to say that I am not a one-take-board-exam-passer. Why? Because I want to to tell them that it is not important how many times I took the board, what's important is that I passed and what made me passed is that attitude of not giving up.

Looking back to the ordeal I went through, hindi siya biro. Those failures drained me mentally, psychologically, emotionally and financially. I reached the point when I wanted to let go and just give up. But giving up doesn't prove anything. I put my faith in Him and trusted Him when my right time will be. And He didn't fail me. 

Anyways, bakit ba tayo napunta sa istorya ng buhay ko, e treadmill ang pinaguusapan natin. Pero may connect naman diba, kahit papano?

O eto, ganito itsura ko habang tumalembong ang ganda ko, pero hindi ako yan ha. Imagine-in niyo na lang na ako yan para tumawa muna kayo.

                                                  Courtesy of  Protein Fart You tube channel

Basta, when you fail don't be scared to try once again. When you make a mistake, laughing at yourself makes it easier for you to correct it. 

Magandang huwebes sa inyo mga peeps!

We Let Go then We Feel Happy

What to let go to achieve happiness? 

1. Expectations

2. Privileges

3. Comparison

4. Anger

5. Hurt

I was talking with somebody very close to me last night, and I can really feel the anger and hurt she was feeling.  She was angry because she was hurt. She was hurt because she expected something. She expected something, because she thought it was her privilege to expect because she did a favor for that person. Then she compared that person to another person who I believe is fictional in character but real in person.

Do what you think is right then don't expect anything in return. Don't expect a favor to be returned, don't expect them to say thank you, don't expect them to praise you. Just thank the Lord that you were able to help. Period.

Things may not go the way you expect it but in the end, how you deal with it will always be your choice . Choose to be understanding instead of being angry. Choose to let go instead of dwelling in the past. Choose to be grateful instead of feeling jealous. 

Choose to be happy because it is no one else's responsibility but YOURS.

Happiness is a choice.....and the choice is YOURS! 

Happy Tuesday! Let go of bad vibes. Ignore. Let go. Move forward.

Be Grateful For Each Blessing...

Credits to Brainy Quote

It's wonderful to be aware of each little blessing that we receive everyday. A grateful heart is a humble heart, knowing that all these are just borrowed from God and can be taken back in an instance. It is not ours to keep, but instead to share. And if we do not know how to be thankful for these simple things, then we do not acknowledge how generous our God is.

San galing ang hugot?

Bigayan ng incentives, and may ears hurt whenever I hear, malaki din naman deduction nang tax jan e. Goodness, why can't that person be just thankful that we have this above average bonus that the Board approves to give us every freaking May? Why can't that person be thankful that our company performs well every year, that it can afford to payout bonuses to us employees?

Anung gusto mo dayain ko tax? Malaki bonus mo, malamang malaki din tax mo! Logic diba? Our company is not a big company, but we give out bonuses and incentives at par with multinational companies and sometimes more than pa nga.

That being said, sana matuto kang magpa salamat sa mga natatanggap mo. You know, the more you complain, the more that you will feel you are lacking something in your life. Learn to appreciate simple things, and you will feel you have more than enough.

Tama na muna ito, at nang marelease ko na bonus namin. Yehey! 

Again for the nth time, I thank you Lord for making me an instrument and giving me another opportunity to share my blessings to those who really need this. Amen. 

Half Ready for School Year 2017-2018

Yes! Na-enroll na rin si Bagets. Had to take a leave of absence pa last weeek para lang ma-enroll ang bagets. Kaso di ko talaga maintindihan ang efficiency ng bookstore nila. Alam niyo, there was a time, na kulang kulang ang books. May pasok na, waley pa rin ang Math book so hindi ako nakapag advance reading for the kid. Last year ang kulang naman ang grade number patch. Aba this year walang notebooks. Enebeyen? Consistent! Napaka efficient ng bookstore ha? June 5 na ang pasukan ah.

Anyways, by this weekend pa kami bibili ng uniform and school supplies. This weekend pa rin ako mag cocover ng books. His bag still the same. Yung parang maleta sa laki at bigat. Next year na lang sya mag palit ng bag pag grade 5 na sya.

Hayz! Ang bilis talaga ng panahon. Grade Four na sya. Parang kelan lang no? 

Mag papasukan na, ni hindi lang kami nakapag beach. Meron gustong puntahan si Papa A, resort din sya. Dun na lang daw kasi ganun din naman ang magagastos. Tingnan ko ang budget at need rin namin mag ipon for our travel in October. Kun san man yan, let's wait and see.

O sya. Till next update.

What We Did in Kidzania Manila (Part 2)

Here's the second part, I mean our second time in Kidzania. This time around we let him try the following:

• Pizza Maker at Yellow Cab
• Softdrinks QA at Coca cola
• Ice cream maker at Magnolia
• Courier at DHL
• Police Patrol
• Cashier at Healthy Options
• Gasoline boy at Shell 

I mentioned in the previous post that W made a mistake in one of the jobs that he did. That job was being a courier. He was tasked to deliver two parcels to two different establishment and ask the receiver to sign the docs as received. The first establishment was just beside DHL, so easy to find. After a couple of minutes, I saw him return to the first establishment. I asked him why, he said he delivered the wrong parcel to the wrong establishment and he had to retrieve the parcel to deliver the correct parcels to the correct establishments. 

He may have made a mistake about it, but I think the one who receives should also be careful and check first whether it is the correct parcel that should be delivered to them. With W, it's a petty mistake, but if it happens in real life, I'm sure lots of complaints from clients.  

Anyways, the mistake may seem petty with the kids, but there is a huge learning on that incident. One, the kid was able to identify the problem. Two, he made an effort to correct it. And three, he now knows that it is not very easy to earn money. Mistake like that could cost him his job in real life.

I summarized the videos on the second day, with few pictures from the first day. Just three minutes of your time for me to share with you how amazing  it is to experience Kidzania Manila;

We still plan to go back the third time. There's still a lot that he has not experience yet. Tax Collector, Judge, Race Car Driver, Construction worker, Nurse, City Tour Guide, Model, Actor, Newscaster, TV Host. ang Dami diba?

By the way, the pizza he made, the softdrinks he inspected and bottled, and the ice cream he churned. It was all given to them after the job. Galing diba?

Before summer ends, mga mamshies, let your child experience Kidzania Manila. At the end of that experience, they will learn a lot about life, and you mommies, will learn a lot about your child.

Go na!

What We Did in Kidzania Manila for Two Days (Part 1)

Here's the blog I owe you about our Kidzania Manila experience. Forgive me for the very amateurish, shaky video I prepared. Sana wag kayo mahilo. Promise I will do better next time.

Due to stress I felt during audit season, I decided to treat my son to a Kidzania experience. This will be our first time since it opened a couple of years back.

Eto ang boarding pass to enter Kidzania:

At the counter, they will give the kids a check worth 50 kidzos that you will have to encash in BPI inside Kidzania. Of course this is a pretend check and pretend money and a pretend bank.

The first thing  he did was to experience being a firefighter.

Prepping them for their fire fighting in the city

As Pharmacist

As Veterinarian

Sorry was not able to take a lot of pictures. Pag tiyagaan nio na lang muna ang video sa ibaba;

To wrap it up he was able to do the following jobs on the first day:

• Fire Fighter
• Soccer Player 
• Pilot
• Marine biologist
• Hotel housekeeper
• Laundry staff
• Car Designer
• Veterinarian
• Pharmacist
• A bookstore assistant

The first 3 jobs, he paid for as pretend training. The next jobs he was paid for the services he rendered.

Our verdict? These jobs may be pretend jobs, but kids will learn a lot from these, from being responsible to being accountable. I highly recommend this activity for all kids and teens. This is to prepare you guys for your future self and whatever career you may want to venture into.

And because we enjoyed Kidzania so much, after 3 weeks, that was Black Saturday, we decided to come back. There was a 20% discount on our fees and we paid around P1950 for the three of us. Without discount that would have been P2,600++.

There was this job however, that my son made a mistake. You know if its real life that is actually a HUGE mistake. What did he do? I will tell you all about it on another entry, tamad na ako mag type e.

Wait for it, okay?